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    Quote Originally Posted by Gummie View Post
    Hopefully tomorow. I have the day off so i will have something to do.

    Would you like to see/hear the results?

    If i finish with enough time i could be up for a ride.
    I would but an absence of a clutch cable isnt letting me do anything at all! haha unless youve got a spare one that you would be willing to trade with cash??
    Quote Originally Posted by nodrog View Post
    you dont get 180+ hp out of 998cc by being nice to trees.

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    Sorry i dont, but would gladly do if i had.

    I will see what kind of photos i can take when done.

    main issue i have is not so much where but how to mount them so that they arent just sitting there.
    If you cant fix it with a hammer, Its an electrical problem.

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    Yea thats a good point, just looking at my bike, there doesnt seem tobe alot of places to mount it, the mount for the stock horn is a bit small, unless you chuck a bigger mount onto the small one (depending on how much it weighs of course)
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    you dont get 180+ hp out of 998cc by being nice to trees.

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    And i found out you cant use that mount the horn has locktite on the nut that holds it on.
    Will mock up something as i usually do.
    If you cant fix it with a hammer, Its an electrical problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gummie View Post
    Have done some searching on here and i see that the horn of choice is a "stebal".
    Yes its loud, but why could someone not use a car air horn or something simular.
    Just a few thoughts of what people have got/tried.
    Dont stop there i have seen a few Maxs in the states with 2 of them , you could always use a train horn - might need a couple more batteries tho
    Just going my own way

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    HA HA and a big Compressor sitting on the back to run it.
    If you cant fix it with a hammer, Its an electrical problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gummie View Post
    HA HA and a big Compressor sitting on the back to run it.
    Yea thats true

    Quote Originally Posted by gunrunner View Post
    Dont stop there i have seen a few Maxs in the states with 2 of them , you could always use a train horn - might need a couple more batteries tho
    You got any you would reccomend?
    Quote Originally Posted by nodrog View Post
    you dont get 180+ hp out of 998cc by being nice to trees.

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    Ok. I managed to mount compressor ok.
    The horns i am still working on i managed to duck tape them to the inside of my farings until work tomorrow, i should be able to make some plates to bolt onto.

    The neighbours did complain but luckily i get on with them

    See what ya think?

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    If you cant fix it with a hammer, Its an electrical problem.

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    that'll leave a few cagers looking for the truck!!!

    where re you gunna attatch the plates? or are you just going to figure that out when you get to it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hiflyer View Post
    that'll leave a few cagers looking for the truck!!!

    where re you gunna attatch the plates? or are you just going to figure that out when you get to it?
    If i undo the main faring i can slip a plate in there somewhere on one of the bolts.
    That seems to be the most logical place, plus it will face the horns down and forward instead of down and back which in turn seems to end up in my ears or it could be the fact its right there between my leegs

    Anyway cant wait to give some unsuspecting cager a go
    If you cant fix it with a hammer, Its an electrical problem.

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    haha yea,

    so the horns themselves arent that heavy? just the compressor right??
    Quote Originally Posted by nodrog View Post
    you dont get 180+ hp out of 998cc by being nice to trees.

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    Same weight as a can/stubbie of beer roughly, horns are plastic light as my wallet LOL
    Thats why i am not to worried while they are only duck taped in.

    Im hopeing work is not so busy tomorrow then i can work on it there, otherwise i will have to wait till my holidays.
    If you cant fix it with a hammer, Its an electrical problem.

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    sounds good.

    and i assume its loud? you know how many decibels (sp) it is?
    Quote Originally Posted by nodrog View Post
    you dont get 180+ hp out of 998cc by being nice to trees.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gummie View Post
    they are only duck taped in.
    k

    Quack quack,,,,,,Duct tape....?

    cable ties are your friend....even if you got to drill through your fairing
    Opinions are like arseholes: Everybody has got one, but that doesn't mean you got to air it in public all the time....

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    Use a relay

    I had twin air horns for years on my Yamaha. The compressor draws a lot of current and I used it once at high speed because a car I was passing pulled out to pass another car(hate that) and the current draw through the original horn button heated up the wire spring, melting the plastic and jammed the horn on!!!

    I couldn't figure out what the buzzing noise was and why my pillion was tapping my shoulder.

    The original horn wires should just connect to the "switch" part of the relay and one other terminal goes straight to the battery or other power source and the last terminal goes to earth.

    It is fairly straight forward after a bit of experimenting so have some spare fuses in case you get it wrong.....or see an auto sparky!

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